Man and nature: the tropics and the poles1849 |
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Tulokset 1 - 5 kokonaismäärästä 8
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... night , chilly with heavy dews , gives way to morning , a stifling and sulphureous mist rises from the river's slime , and from the immense accumulation of the quickly - decaying vegetation ; it creeps along the valleys and the courses ...
... night , chilly with heavy dews , gives way to morning , a stifling and sulphureous mist rises from the river's slime , and from the immense accumulation of the quickly - decaying vegetation ; it creeps along the valleys and the courses ...
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... night . The lower deck being the dwelling - floor , was covered with hot sand every morning , and scrubbed till eight o'clock , when they breakfasted . The upper deck having been covered with snow two and a half feet thick , was trodden ...
... night . The lower deck being the dwelling - floor , was covered with hot sand every morning , and scrubbed till eight o'clock , when they breakfasted . The upper deck having been covered with snow two and a half feet thick , was trodden ...
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... Night at length brought quiet and serious thoughts ; and I trust there was not one man among us who did not then express where it was due his gratitude for that interposition which had raised us all from despair , which none could now ...
... Night at length brought quiet and serious thoughts ; and I trust there was not one man among us who did not then express where it was due his gratitude for that interposition which had raised us all from despair , which none could now ...
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... nights on the banks of a small stream where the tiger was said to prowl . But it was all in vain ; though in the morning time they could see the animal's foot - prints above and below their station , yet they could never catch sight of ...
... nights on the banks of a small stream where the tiger was said to prowl . But it was all in vain ; though in the morning time they could see the animal's foot - prints above and below their station , yet they could never catch sight of ...
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... night set in very dark : to see any distance was impossible . They watched and listened till midnight came , and no tiger . At length a rustling was heard amongst the jungle , as if some heavy beast was forcing his way through the ...
... night set in very dark : to see any distance was impossible . They watched and listened till midnight came , and no tiger . At length a rustling was heard amongst the jungle , as if some heavy beast was forcing his way through the ...
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